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After enlarging its plant near Spartanburg, S.C., BMW Manufacturing Corp. needed to maximize storeroom capacity to accommodate additional automotive production lines. The answer was five vertical-lift modules (VLMs) from Remstar.

When Tier 1 auto supplier Visteon was given the go-ahead to manufacture rear taillight assemblies for 2002 model year Mercury Mountaineer SUVs, it realized it needed complete prototypes as soon as possible. This would give the company time to test...

The parts-storage system in the Body Weld Shop of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK), Georgetown, Ky., consisted of a network of open shelving that was disorganized, inflexible, and non-aesthetically pleasing. Sensitive electronic parts...

Its only breakroom was located at the front of the building, so an auto-parts manufacturer near Chicago granted its employees an additional 10 min during each break for walk time. With 400 production staff taking three breaks per day, the extra...

Hundreds of tooling advances will be displayed at the Tooling Show at the National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, U.K., November 12-14. Product launches include standard and special-purpose tooling, solid and insert types, as well as carbide and...

Cost reduction in the industrial-distribution chain was the topic at a summit on electronic commerce collaboration in the MROP Industrial Channel held in Cleveland at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. The...

A four year, $7.5-million spindle-development project headed by The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), Ann Arbor, Mich., has ended with the development of three new spindle designs for high-speed machine tools. These new high...

A new high-strength, aluminum-silicon alloy, developed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., can be used for high-temperature cast components in engines to help lower emissions. This alloy, called MSFC-398, enables engine-part...